West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-05-13
WOMAN AND HOME.
HIGHEST TYPE or WoMANHooD IN
THE ENGLISH MIDDLE CLASS. Is s

Cookery for Children-R,issing Games.
Hats at the Theatrs-Comfort the
Mother Heart-Nourishmen i'm an Egg.
Kitchen Dignity-stray Paragraphs.
In the great middle class of England we
find the highest type of womanhood and her
saving grace. In health and physique these
women are models worthy of our admiration
and emulation 1t is with rare exceptions
that the tourist sees a pale faced, puny, sickly
looking, spindle wasted, painting, fainting
English woman. The pink and white COM
plexion, the clear eye, the well rounded waist,
the firm tread, bespeak perfect bodily health.
Many Of these women take their summer
outing in long walks across the fields, that
they may view nature in all its grandeur and
simplicity, instead Of rushing from shop to
dresSmaker and packing Saratoga trunks for
DAYS or weeks before taking restn They
don tidy flannel walking costume, fill a
hand basket with a few toilet articles, and
start on their walking or tricycle. tour over
the charming roads, making detours, as they
fancy, over the heathS 1t is not uncommon
to see a double tricycle. with husband and
wife riding through the country for their
vacation. Doubtless the good health of these
women is due largely to their outdoor exer-
else. In this class win be found the best Of
homemakerS, the broad minded philanthropy
lists and refOrmers and the happiest and most
useful wives mothers and spinsterS.
The English wife in this class is no drudge;
she commands retinue Of servants that
would appall the American husband on do
nestle pay day, The standing of family
socially depends somewhat upon the number
of servants employed. "We could easily
manage our household service with one SER
want said model mother to me, "but son
and daughters would rather economic in
other ways and keep two maids for the ap-
pearancs of the thing The irregularity,
the timely luncheon Of the English household
would makea drudge nf the head were it not
for the numbers Of scIN ants usually employed
1 have been most delightfully."- entertained in
several charming, perfectly ordered homes Of
men engaged in large manufacturing inter-
eStS, and fund that the usual retinue Of SER
wants consists of a cook, house maid, nurse,
governeSS, gardener, groom and valet. The
scarcity Of labor keeps these servants respect
ful and attentive, and their character de-
ponds upon the length of time they serve one
master. This makes commanding and serv-
ing much less annoying than with US in
America, where the help expects to rule or
ruin. Ii the mistress Of this manSe Is given
to benevolence, as she usually is, she employs
woman philanthropiSt to read the Bible and
visit the sick, the afflicted or the fallen with
messages Of consolation, the loaf or the bunch
Of flowers, as the case may require.
The zeal and magnitude Of charities carried
on by this class Of women in the cities of
England is beautiful to,contemplate. Con-
Sidering the great Generalization of the
masses throughout the British Empire it APP
pears 70 me that these women, and their
hearty co-laborerS, their husbands, fathers and
brothers, are holding up by main force tho
whole structure of British society. They are
usually devoted to church duties, the church
leading rather than following in works of re-
form and charity. am pleased to note the
absence Of religious cant in their conversation
and methods; hey do not expect the Lord to
serve them as their apprentice, but with an
executive ability born OF real and common
sense they apply the law as laid down in His
word There in an entire absence Of silly
small talk and affectation among them, which
gives place 20 genial, philanthropic or political
subjects. Altogether the women Of the middle
class OF England are charming to study and
70 knOw.-Honne Journal